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Monvera Glass Décor, an innovator in screen printed wine labels now offers unique UV printing options for its wine, spirits, beer, cosmetic and specialty food customers. Building off of its industry-leading ceramic ink (ACL) capabilities, UV printing offers a wider color palette, a four-color printing process and new speciality inks.
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Sacramento, CA – NoPayWineDistributors.com has changed it’s name to WineBizReview.com and is excited to announce the launch of a new website and expanded services. Nopaywinedistributors.com is now WineBizReview.com.
Nopaywinedistributors.com was started in 2006 as a service to help small wineries avoid bad distribution choices and to see distributors with good ratings.
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Santa Rosa, CA, January 26, 2016 – M. A. Silva has developed an individual cork testing method to deliver 100% TCA inspected corks.
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01/25/16
Dateline: January 25, 2016 Walnut Creek, CA USA – The commonly held view that increased yield reduces wine quality was turned on its head at a tasting hosted by Scheid Vineyards of its 2014 vintage wines produced using grapes from heat treated and control blocks.
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01/22/16
A-B-C packaging machine corporation announced its Model 156 decaser and single filer is now equipped with an “intelligent control” system that is designed to optimize line productivity by “ensuring harmonious operation regardless of line speed variations.” The system monitors container flow and adjusts decasing speed to ensure a continuous rate of container flow.
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01/22/16
The Barn Owl Box Company released four new boxes for screech owls, kestrels, bluebirds and songbirds. Each box comes with the necessary mounting hardware and features designed to attract the desired bird.
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01/22/16
Douglas Machine’s new single cell, top-load case packer is designed specifically for the wine industry. The unit features case erecting, loading partition inserting and case sealing. Optional functions include case print and label integration.
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01/22/16
NXP Semiconductors and Guala Closures Group collaborated to develop a new wine closure featuring “smart-security” measures to deter counterfeits and tampering. The near field communication, NFC, enabled closures from Guala Closures will feature an opening detection and logging technology to give a clear indication of an unauthorized opening of the bottle.
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01/22/16
Labeltronix added a new Digicon Series 3 press with a “Big Foot” flat bed module from AB Graphic International to offer its winery clients more options for labels. The Big Foot hot foil and embossing stamping module uses 50 tons of pressure to lay multiple foil colors and “raises embossing to a new level.
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01/22/16
Commercial drone provider Measure released a drone flight calculator to help farmers assess the value of unmanned aircraft in their operations. The web-based application is the result of a study conducted with the American Farm Bureau Federation in 2015.
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In just two years since its introduction, Diam 30 has quickly become one of Diam Bouchage’s most successful closures with an average annual growth rate of 25% worldwide and sales in 18 countries around the world. As a result, Diam opened a new factory in France last summer to support growing demand for their closures.
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January 20, 2016 (Templeton, CA) – Castoro Cellars has completed an installation of a massive new solar project that will allow the winery to run 100% on solar power. The 625-kilowatt installation, which covers nearly three acres, will have an annual production of over one million kilowatt hours and eliminate an estimated $20,000 per month electricity bill.
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Wineries, vintners, retailers, and wine aficionados have two new homes on the Internet as Donuts Inc., the largest registry for new “not-com” domain names (known in the industry as generic top-level domains, or gTLDs), today announced that the .WINE and .VIN gTLDs will be available for general registration on January 20.
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01/19/16
Nomacorc, a member of Vinventions and the world's leading brand in manufacturing high-quality sustainable wine closures, achieved several notable accomplishments in 2015 and anticipates a successful year ahead with its latest award-winning technologies.
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Supporting its ongoing “Growers First” initiative, Vintage Nurseries recently invited growers within the industry to respond to a special survey to identify their future planting needs. The survey, which attracted a wide range of growers, also featured a random drawing to give away two iPad Mini 4’s.
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